Tanning is a necessary step to preserve fur for the long term. Once you catch a furbearer, skin it and flesh, stretch and dry the pelt, it's preserved for the short term. But a dried pelt will only last for weeks or months in that state. If you don't get it tanned it will break down and the bugs will get to it. The only way to preserve fur pelts indefinitely is to tan them. The … [Read more...]